Geography
The increase in temperature in valleys:
- Mountain breeze
- Normal lapse rate
- Inversion of temperature
- Valley breeze
Answer
Inversion of temperature
Reason — On calm, cold winter nights, heat from the earth's surface escapes rapidly back into space and the cool air from the mountain sides sinks into the valley. This causes a reversal in the vertical distribution of temperature, in which temperature decreases down in the valleys and is known as inversion of temperature.
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